tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10730663.post4331863562223971969..comments2023-10-08T02:52:02.982-07:00Comments on Tracy Green: Ballot Access in our democracyTracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08841474369736680603noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10730663.post-12302630242220542092008-10-10T08:18:00.000-07:002008-10-10T08:18:00.000-07:00Washington State has a bit of a multiple personali...Washington State has a bit of a multiple personality when it comes to politics. It went with Reagan twice and then voted for Dukakis. In recent years it has been mostly Democrat but has been known to elect many statewide Republicans. The Puget Sound area is very liberal but it also has a prominent evangelical Christian community. I still wouldn't call it diverse yet...we have graduated to such a distinction.<BR/><BR/>The swing vote here represents about 20% of the voters.<BR/><BR/>Your last comment is the most true for many people. I trust myself with so many freedoms, but it's that other guy that needs to be watched. Finally, I'm the other guy.Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08841474369736680603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10730663.post-30919985874151347522008-10-10T05:36:00.000-07:002008-10-10T05:36:00.000-07:00Having spent my voting life in Massachusetts, Texa...Having spent my voting life in Massachusetts, Texas and New York, my vote has always been kind of a throw away, one way or another. I usually try to vote for the smaller parties, since the state's vote was always going to be a landslide.<BR/><BR/>As for your last points, I take comfort in thinking of it not as Me having less freedom in My life, but as You having less freedom in yours.<BR/>"First they came for the Communists, and I did not speak up....because it was great television!"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07329040926365391153noreply@blogger.com